पञ्चाङ्ग — Melbourne, Australia · September 18, 1936 CE

🕉️ Sapta-Mokṣa-Puri · Localize for your Pīṭha
अयोध्या मथुरा माया काशी काञ्ची ह्यवन्तिका। पुरी द्वारावती चैव सप्तैते मोक्षदायिकाः॥ — Garuḍa Purāṇa · the 7 cities that grant mokṣa
Or visit /cities · universal Earth-access (Sanskrit: Bhūmi Mātā · Mother Earth) · live pañchāṅga renders for supported city records worldwide · ?format=json
🪷 आज: वराह जयन्ती — Varāha Jayantī
Varāha lifted Bhū-Devī from the cosmic ocean.
🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 14.17 · Chapter 14 · गुणत्रयविभागयोग · Guṇa-Traya-Vibhāga-Yoga
सत्त्वात्सञ्जायते ज्ञानं रजसो लोभ एव च।प्रमादमोहौ तमसो भवतोऽज्ञानमेव च।।14.17।।
"14.17 Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 14.17's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

📜 तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Bhādrapada (Bhādrapada Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 1993 Virodhi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1858 Dhātṛ
Bengali Saṁvat: 1343
Malayalam Era: 1112
Nanakshahi: 467
Solar Month: Kanyā (Puraṭṭāsi)
Ṛtu (Season): Varṣā (Monsoon)

🌙 पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs (the time-elements)

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Citrā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)Brahma
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Śukravāra (Friday)

🪐 सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya151.97°KanyāUttara Phalgunī P2
चन्द्र Candra177.38°KanyāCitrā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala122.52°SiṃhaMaghā P1
बुध Budha174.62°KanyāCitrā P1
गुरु Bṛhaspati234.53°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra174.72°KanyāCitrā P1
शनि Śani326.20°KumbhaPūrva Bhādrapadā P2

☀️ Melbourne, Australia — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · AEST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:16 AEST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:12 AEST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:14 AEST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)07:27 AEST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:23 AEST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 55 Mins 57 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 04 Mins 03 Secs

✨ शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta04:40 – 05:28
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:16 – 06:16
Abhijit Muhūrta11:50 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta14:13 – 15:01
Godhūli Muhūrta18:00 – 18:24
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:12 – 18:41
Amṛta Kāla17:57 – 19:42
Niśīta Muhūrta23:50 – 00:37

⚠️ अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla10:44 – 12:14
Yamaganda15:13 – 16:42
Gulika Kāla07:45 – 09:15
Varjyam06:45 – 07:04
Dur Muhūrta 09:03 – 09:26

🧭 दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)
Candra Vāsa: North-West
Rāhu Vāsa: South-East
Ānandādi Yoga: Dhvānkṣa (Inauspicious)
Tropical Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Vedic Ṛtu: Varṣā (Monsoon)
Tropical Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana
Vedic Ayana: Dakṣiṇāyana

⭐ तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Ārdrā · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Svātī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Śatabhiṣaj · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Mithuna · Karka · Kanyā · Vṛścika · Kumbha · Mīna

🕉️ चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala06:16 – 07:45 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha07:45 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta09:15 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla10:44 – 12:14 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha12:14 – 13:43 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga13:43 – 15:13 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg15:13 – 16:42 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala16:42 – 18:12 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga18:12 – 19:42 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg19:42 – 21:13 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala21:13 – 22:43 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha22:43 – 00:14 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta00:14 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla01:44 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha03:15 – 04:45 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga04:45 – 06:16 (inauspicious)

🌐 Coordinates

Latitude: -37.8136°
Longitude: 144.9631°
Timezone: UTC+10

🚶 आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic Time — Where This Moment Sits in the Mahāyuga

These five values anchor today within the Sūrya-Siddhānta time-architecture. Kali Year counts from the Kali-epoch (18 Feb 3102 BCE · midnight Ujjain · when Krishna's mortal-form departed). Ahargaṇa is the day-count since that epoch — the canonical time-coordinate used by every Vedic computation on this substrate. Julian Day is the astronomical universal day-number (continuous · no calendar discontinuities). Ayanāṁśa is the angular offset between sidereal (rāśi-based · the Vedic frame) and tropical (equinox-based) coordinates · currently growing at ~50.29″/year as Earth's axis precesses. Sun-Moon angle determines the tithi (0-360° elongation / 12° per tithi).

Kali Year5038 · Kali-5038
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1839964.27 · 5037.7 years since 3102 BCE Ujjain midnight
Julian Day2428429.770833 · universal astronomical day-count
Ayanāṁśa (Lahiri)22.9689° · precession offset · grows ~50.29″/yr
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)28.31° · determines today's tithi (12° = 1 tithi · so 3/30)
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate:Vidhyamitra Sūrya-SiddhāntaMethod:Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equationTier-2 localization:spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanāṁśa (22.9689°) · declination 2.01° · EoT 6.61 min · city civil-time localizationLineage:Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Maitreya → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara I → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Jyeṣṭhadeva → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrateAccess:Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed (the bhakta's sole niṣkāma-karma-sevā)Computed for:1936-09-18 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness · ETag/304 enabled)